The “Femme” Fatale in Brazilian Cinema

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In film, the femme fatale has long been constructed as a beautiful heterosexual Caucasian woman. Da Silva shows the need to incorporate diverse ethnic groups and male homosexuals i nto the range of "femmes" fatales and examines how the Brazilian representations cross gender, race, and class and offer alternatives to the dominant Hollywood model.Publication Year: 2014Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan USFormat: HWeight (Gram): 3845 Show more